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In the middle of the ocean, a cargo freighter makes a chilling discovery: an extraterrestrial craft has landed on earth. Enter Molly Anne Caffrey, recruited to await the planet's first contact, along with a carefully assembled team made up of a brilliant physicist with strong religious beliefs, a language and communications expert and a highly trained covert operative. Together they implement the long-gestating Operation: Threshold, charged with finding out the purpose of the landing and the fate of the ship's crew, and preparing for the worst-case scenario of an alien invasion.

"Pilot: Trees of Glass, Pt. 1"  (ep # 1.1)
Air date: 16 September 2005
Pilot: When a naval freighter encounters an alien probe in the middle of the Atlantic, a series of events is set in motion that signals the subtle beginnings of an alien invasion and imperils life on Earth as we know it.  Contingency analyst Dr. Molly Anne Caffrey, whose "Threshold" scenario outlines a plan for managing such an alien threat, is called in to head up a "Red Team" of scientists, commandos and government officials who must quietly battle the threat while keeping news of the danger from an unsuspecting public.  The investigation begins with the lone survivor of the freighter's crew, Gunneson, who may hold the key to the first steps of the alien attack plan.

"Pilot: Trees of Glass, Pt. 2"  (ep # 1.2)
Air date: 16 September 2005
The search for Gunneson is on as Molly & the Red Team learn more about the probe, the alien signal, and the intentions of the infected crewmen of the Big Horn.
(Episode recap coming soon!)

"Blood of the Children"  (ep # 1.3)
Air date: 23 September 2005
When a man at a fast-food restaurant is murdered, Molly and her Red Team investigate and begin to suspect the involvement of a group of military cadets.
(Episode recap coming soon!)

"The Burning"  (ep # 1.4)
Air date: 30 September 2005
A patient at an psychiatric hospital in Ohio escapes and Molly believes he may have been infected by the alien signal after paintings of glass trees are found in his cell. After further investigation, it is suspected one of the missing Big Horn crew might be involved.
(Episode recap coming soon!)

"Shock"  (ep # 1.5)
Air date: 7 October 2005
Park, one of the infected crewmen from the Big Horn, kills a detective at a Baltimore port during a shootout with an Asian gang that is smuggling highly sophisticated computer microchips.  When Molly arrives on the scene, she learns that Park survived being shot at the docks and electrocuted on a nearby fence while he was trying to escape.  But what she learns next worries her the most: human technology can create the deadly alein signal.
(Episode recap coming soon!)

"The Pulse"  (ep # 1.6)
Air date: 14 October 2005
Molly and her crew descend on Miami after partygoers there are exposed to the alien signal and begin bleeding and fighting one another.  The Threshold team quickly learn that the signal came through a dance-mix recording that was being played by the party's female deejay, who is being taken over by the aliens.  As the team searches for the missing young woman, they try to trace the signal's origin and fear that it now may be spreading through technology.
(Episode recap coming soon!)

"The Order"  (ep # 1.7)
Air date: 21 October 2005
While a security leak threatens to put the Threshold plan in jeopardy, Molly fears that residents in a small Rhode Island town may have been infected by the alien signal after several people reported having disturbing dreams about trees made of glass.  The leak is brought to Molly's attention when a newspaper article appears that vaguely mentions Threshold.  Unfortunately, the article gets a meddling senator's attention and he insists on being included in the project.
(Episode recap coming soon!)

 
"Revelations"  (ep # 1.8)
Air date: 7 November 2005
Molly travels to Indiana after a Threshold agent who was watching the boyhood home of an infected Big Horn crewman disappears.  While she's there Molly learns that one of the town's ministers may be infected.  The pastor claims to have seen visions of a glass sea and is warning his congregation to prepare for the end of the world.  Back in Washington DC, Baylock leads an effort to locate the sunken Big Horn and raise it to the surface for study.
(Episode recap coming soon!)

"Progeny"  (ep # 1.9)
Air date: 22 November 2005
Three women in the DC area come to the attention of Molly and her team when an artist beheads her husband, an oil billionaire's wife attacks a bank teller, and an attorney mutates and explodes on a streetcorner.  The investigations reveal that all three were infected by the alien signal from a startling and unexpected source.  In other events, Molly meets with the new National Security Advisor, who will oversee the Threshold project.
(Episode recap coming soon!)

"The Crossing"  (ep # 1.10)
Air date: n/a
Three of the alien prisoners being held at the Threshold command center escape, which leads Molly to formulate a plan to move five infected detainees to a more secure facility in the mountains of West Virginia.  Unfortunately, the truck carrying them is ambushed.  Back at the lab, Molly's team learns a disturbing new way that people are being infected and a key member of the group shows signs of possible infection.
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"Escalation"  (ep # 1.11)
Air date: n/a
Lucas is infected with the alien DNA from something he ate. The infectees have harvested crops with the alien DNA. Caffrey must find a way to stop what could be nearly 200 new infectees. Also, one of the aliens approaches her with an interesting revelation.

"Vigilante"  (ep # 1.12)
Air date: n/a
When a number of infectees and seemingly innocent people are killed, it becomes apparent that someone is going after people affected by the alien signal, and is locating them via their heightened brain waves. How is the killer linked to Bighorn crewman Manning, and does his method of finding his victims mean that Molly, Cavennaugh or Lucas could be next on his list?

"Alienville"  (ep # 1.13)
Air date: n/a
Molly Caffrey and Cavennaugh go out to a town call Allenville in search of a Doctor who they think is infected and find more then they were looking for. Meanwhile things at Threshold get heated with the pregnancy of the infected woman coming to an end.

Episode descriptions taken from various online resources including www.CBS.com. www.TVGuide.com, and www.TV-Now.com.

 
 
 
 
 
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